Tony Ramos wasn’t the top 133-pounder on the Iowa wrestling team on Dec. 30, 2010. That distinction belonged to Tyler Clark, the fellow Hawkeye who bested Ramos in the fifth-place match at the Midlands...

Clink. Clank. Clunk. The Iowa men’s basketball team heard those sounds a lot in its 85-66 loss to Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., on Wednesday night. The Hawkeyes (10-19, 3-14 Big Ten) were...

The inaugural day of basketball in the Big Ten Tournament essentially serves as an opportunity for the league’s bottom-tier teams to press on to Friday’s quarterfinal round and get a shot at upsetting...

A panel of Iowa legislators voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a bill allowing Iowa energy companies to expand the use of nuclear power. And the University of Iowa could be heavily involved in the...

Johnson County residents will see a 23 cent drop in their tax levies for fiscal 2012 if the Board of Supervisors approves a budget proposal presented Wednesday night. Tax levies now sit at $6.99 per $1,000...

Boxes of wicker bird masks and pillbox hats are nothing out of the ordinary. Gazing around the closet in the Studio Arts Building through her red-rimmed glasses, costume-shop supervisor Megan Petkewec...

Adrien Wing went from being a happily married woman to a divorced, single parent struggling to take care of two children. And the series of events took place while the University of Iowa law professor...

Kelly Smith knows she likes books. But she’s not yet sure how she feels about their electronic cousins. “I feel very satisfied with the experience of reading a physical book,” said Smith, a graduate...

As the sun dipped behind the Old Capitol and temperatures began to drop, protesters took to the Pentacrest. They were speaking out against budget cuts aimed at public educators and employees in Iowa and...

President Obama wants science fairs. Students want science fairs. Teachers want an alternative. School science fairs were brought to the nation’s attention following the president’s support in his...

Connie Hippee has been using the University of Iowa’s Field House since she was a little girl growing up in Iowa City. And for the past year, the 54-year-old has been playing raquetball on the Field...

Public universities are beginning to rely more heavily on endowments — a practice once more common at private universities — as state funding for higher education dwindles nationwide. With the University...